Title – April Showers – Bring Me Flowers!

By – Tia Bosua Grünenfelder

Primary Subject – Art

Secondary Subject – Science

Grade Level – 1

Unit: My community

Natural objects: Flowers

This lesson was presented after a science lesson where the learners had to collect flowers outside and dissect them. We discussed the different parts of a flower and made a diagram to indicate the various parts.

Learning outcomes:

• Use various materials to create flowers.
  
• Working together as a group to decorate our “April Showers – Bring Me Flowers” wall.

Assessment standards:

• Did students manage to use different material?
  
• Did they copy the examples or did they use their own creativity?

Materials:

• Examples of flowers.
  
• Information on flowers and pictures of flower parts.
  
• String, cardboard, glue, pipe cleaners, cloth, sparkles

Practical activities:

Introduction:

Step 1:

Talk about the community and ask why we need or want to have flowers and trees in a community.

Step 2:

Show examples of flowers and talk about the different parts of flowers for example: petals, leaves, stem.

Presentation:


Step 3:

Show the learners the “April Showers – Bring Me Flowers” wall and discuss what type of flowers they are going to make.

Step 4:

Put all the material on the tables (paper plates, scissors, glue, glitter, paint, water markers, cork, coins, buttons, material, pipe cleaners)

Step 5:

Learners create their own flowers.

Conclusion:


Step 6:

Stick the flowers to the “April Showers – Bring Me Flowers” wall.

Step 7:

Tidy up time.

Pre-knowledge that the learners had for this lesson:

Had discussions about the community before.

Formulate of a problem (concept to be taught):

Creating two and three-dimensional flowers by using a range of material.

Questions and instruction, which you will pose to the learners:

Step 1:
Sit on the carpet

Talk about the community and ask why we need or want to have flowers and trees in a community.

Why do we need flowers?

Who has a garden?

Who likes flowers?

What type of flower do you like the best?

Step 2:

Show examples of flowers and talk about the different parts of flowers, for example: petals, leaves, stem.

Which parts of the flower do you know the name of?

What is this part called?

What is its function?

Step 3:

Show the learners the “April Showers – Bring Me Flowers” wall and discuss what types of flowers they are going to make.

Why have we created this board?

Where do you want to place your flower?

Step 4:

Go and sit down at your desk please.

Take any type of material that you like and start creating your flower.

Put all the material on the tables.

Step 5:

Students create their own flowers.

Step 6:

If you are finished with your flower, you may bring it to me and we can put it up on the wall together.

Stick the flowers to the “April Showers – Bring Me Flowers” wall.

Step 7:

Tidy up time.

Put the material away please.

Conclusion:

The learners were very creative and produced spectacular flowers.

Only three learners out of the group of 15 modeled the examples, the others made up their own creative design.

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